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(a) This section and section 54-1m shall be known as the “Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act”.
(b) For purposes of this section, “racial profiling” means the detention, interdiction or other disparate treatment of an individual by a police officer on the basis, in whole or in part, of the perceived racial or ethnic status of such individual, except when such status is used in combination with other information when seeking to apprehend a specific suspect whose racial or ethnic status is part of the description of the suspect.
(c) No member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, a municipal police department or any other law enforcement agency shall engage in racial profiling.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 54. Criminal Procedure § 54-1l. Short title: Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-54-criminal-procedure/ct-gen-st-sect-54-1l/
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